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Palembang

Palembang IPA: [paˈlɛmˌbaŋ]), also called Pelembang IPA: [pəˈlɛmˌbaŋ] or [ˈplɛmˌbaŋ]) by the locals, is Indonesia's provincial capital of South Sumatra. Situated on the lowlands where the Ogan, Komering, and Musi Rivers meet, the Palembang metropolitan area is home to more than two million people. Wikivoyage

Population 1,535,952 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Indonesia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Indonesia

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Pasar Sekanak

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    360 m from the centre

  • Pasar Soak Batu

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    400 m from the centre

  • Pasar 16 Ilir

    No hours mapped

    810 m from the centre

  • Pasar Klinik

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.0 km from the centre

  • Pasar Klinik

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.0 km from the centre

  • Pasar Klinik

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.1 km from the centre

  • Pasar 10 Ulu

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.1 km from the centre

  • Pasar Bukit Kecil

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 2 places to eat

Getting around

Train stations: Kertapati 2.9 km

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